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package org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.remote;

import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
import javax.jcr.Value;

/**
 * Remote version of the JCR {@link javax.jcr.query.Row Row} interface.
 * Used by the  {@link org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.server.ServerRow ServerRow}
 * and {@link org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.client.ClientRow ClientRow}
 * adapter base classes to provide transparent RMI access to remote items.
 * <p>
 * RMI errors are signalled with RemoteExceptions.
 *
 * @author Philipp Koch
 * @see javax.jcr.query.Row
 * @see org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.client.ClientRow
 * @see org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.server.ServerRow
 */
public interface RemoteRow extends Remote {

    /**
     * @see javax.jcr.query.Row#getValues()
     *
     * @return row values
     * @throws RepositoryException on repository errors
     * @throws RemoteException on RMI errors
     */
    Value[] getValues() throws RepositoryException, RemoteException;

    /**
     * @see javax.jcr.query.Row#getValue(String)
     *
     * @param propertyName property name
     * @return identified value
     * @throws RepositoryException on repository errors
     * @throws RemoteException on RMI errors
     */
    Value getValue(String propertyName)
            throws RepositoryException, RemoteException;
}
